Astronomy Cafe – June 7, 2021

Video transcript of meeting

• Chit chat
  • Planetary imaging discussion
  • Saanich News reporting Lucky Budd’s daytime shot of Jupiter
• RASC GA & AGM – Chris Gainor
  • Last weekend in June 25-28
  • Good speakers on all four days
  • Sunday 3PM – AGM & election – no charge
  • Monday – Virtual tours of observatories
  • Mars panel discussion
  • Registration site
• The Sun and Stars – Randy Enkin
  • Star Dances
    • Defocus stars to see their colours when photographing them
    • Jiggle camera setup to see deliberate star tracks
    • Staying at Magic Lake on Pender Island last week – looking south
    • Jiggle the tripod to see colours in the star tracks
• CRD lighting of bicycle trails – Dave Robinson
  • Widening trails from 2-3 metres to 6.5-7 metres
  • Lighting the whole system of trails – 3 segments
  • Please respond to the  online survey by June 13th
  • LED lights, warm colour, down-facing, 4.5m poles
  • PBX Engineering – consulting engineers – Dave wants to talk with them
  • It appears traffic volumes will increase significantly and bicycle speeds are bound to increase with e-bikes
• Edmonton Observatory – Dave Robinson
  • Roman Unyk installing the azimuth bearing in the mount for the 32″ telescope – a time lapse video and discussion.
  • Black Nugget Lake observatory, near Riley, Alberta.
• FDAO events – Lauri Roche
  • Star Party – this Saturday, June 12th – Is Anybody Out There? Life outside the solar system – James Di Francesco
  • Summer Solstice celebrations – June 20th
  • Annular Eclipse photos
  • Ask An Astronomer – Scott along with the RASC EAA group (David Lee, Brock, Dave Payne)
  • More star parties – ever 2 weeks for awhile, then monthly
• Buy & Sell – Reg Dunkley
  • Gord Bell (brother) is selling Diane Bell’s astronomy gear – binoculars, telescope, eyepieces
  • Nelson Walker is selling his Tele Vue 101 apo refractor, classic tripod, and eyepiece collection
  • Both listings will appear on our Buy & Sell page soon
• Gianluca Massi – Virtual telescope from Rome – looking for contacts here in Canada who plan to take photos of the annular eclipse for his live broadcast on Thursday – contact Randy Enkin or Gianluca directly ASAP
• Juno orbiting Jupiter – Reg Dunkley
  • Mission extended for several more years
  • Recent close encounter with Ganymede – 625 miles!
• 2012 Transit of Venus review – Joe Carr
  • June 5, 2012 – afternoon to sunset – 9 years ago
  • Members’ photo gallery
  • Skynews – June 2012 – see President Lauri Roche’s message